Baling-press



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

P. K. DEDERICK.

BALI PRESS.

No'. 251,421. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

(No Model.) A 2 sheets-sheen 2.

P. K. DEDBRIGK.

BA-LING PRE-Ss;y

No. 251,421. Patented Deo. 27,1881.

@JWM/Of UNITED STATES PATENTl OFFICE.

PETER K. DEDERICK, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

BALlNG-PRESS.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 251,421, dated December 27, 1881.

Application tiled May 24, 1880. (No model.)

`To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERICK, ot Albanv, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to that class of presses for which Letters Patent Nos. 132,566 and 132,639 were granted me October 29,1872, and for which numerous other Letters Patent have been granted me since that date for improvements; and it consists in certain further improvements, which I will first describe, and then point out particularly in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ot' my improved machine.

` Figs. 2 and 3 are views of the power.

A represents the press-box of the press; B, the bale-chamber; C, the hopper, D, the traverser, E,astaft` orslide-barattached to thetraverser, F, a pitman connecting the crank to the slide-bar E; G, the crank. I is an oval gearwheel, to the shaft or axis of which the crank G is rigidly secured; and J is the powerwheel, provided with a journal on its lower side, which rests in the frame, and havinga shaft, K, projecting from its upper side and having its bearing in t-he cross-piece of the frame above. O is a lug-wheel mounted on the prolongation of the shaft K; and P is the horse-lever or sweep, co-operating with said lug-wheel.

Heretofore in this class of 'presses the pitman has been connected at one end to the operating-crank and at the other end directly to the traverser, and as in operation the pitman was given a vibratory motion it became necessary to bridge over the pitman, in order that the horses might safely walk over it withhorses can easily and safely step over it without the necessity of employing a bridge.

A close-fitting box may be placed over Vthe slide, if desired, but it is not a necessity.

The slide may be rml y secured to the traverser, or may be articulated to it,as desired.

To further reduce the size ot' the connections between the power end ot' the presszand the press-box, and thus enable the horse to cross with a shorter step, the plank R, running under the slide, is made of small'dimensions, so that both plank and slide can be comprehended in a short step of the horse. The reducing of the dimensions of the plank R, however, without further provision would weaken the connection so much that in the operation of pressing the plank would spring up in the middle and interfere with the proper operation of the press. The provision that I make to meet this difculty is as follows: I secure two stout standards, S S, at or near the end ot the press-box, and to them connect rods UU T T, said rods leading on the one hand from the body ofthe press proper and on the other hand from the upper end ot' the shaft K. The manner of connecting the lower ends of the rods T T is immaterial, so long as itbe done so that the horse-lever or sweep and the horse can pass around without interfering with them. The rods stiften and brace the structure and render the buckling of the timber R impossible. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newl. The combination of the traverser, the pitman, and crank with the reciprocating slide forming the connection between the pitman and traverser, whereby the horses are enabled to pass the connections without being struck by a vibrating part, substantially as described.

2. The combination ot' the power end of the press with the press-box, the narrow connecting-plank, and the strengthening and staying rods connected to the press-box and to the power end of the press, substantially as dcscribed. .f

I. K. DEDERICK.

\Vitnesses:

R. J. VAN ScHooNnovEN, W. A. SKTNKLE. 

